Crony capitalism related news.
Tesla is a fundamentally crony company. Crony capitalism is built into its DNA, we are sad to say. We like electric cars. But like we said before, maybe the “Tesla is going to 0” (stock price) guys are right....
The articles about Trump scolding the FED emphasize how unusual it is for a President to do this publicly. But that is not the big story here. The big story is that the FED’s manipulation of money, creating trillions of...
Government has pools of money. Your money. As such crony companies seek to get their hands on the money that is extracted from taxpayers. It’s the crony way. (From The Daily Caller) In many states, doctors and pharmacists, often volunteers,...
The swamp to the max. Unreal. Yeah, everything’s on the up and up with the investigation. Tony Podesta, a connected hyper lobbyist who knows every Dem in Washington is John Podesta’s brother. John Podesta managed Hillary’s campaign and was Chief...
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(From Reuters) Hamas said on Saturday it had agreed [to] a truce with Israel in the Gaza Strip, a day after clashes killed an Israeli soldier and four Palestinians along the volatile border. The Israeli military declined to comment on...
(From The Guardian) The US has urged Russia and China to clamp down on repeated breaches of the oil sanctions regime imposed on North Korea, saying America had evidence of at least 89 illegal ship-to-ship oil transfers this year. Mike...
(From BBC News) US President Donald Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen secretly recorded his client discussing payments to a former Playboy model, US media report. The tapes were reportedly discovered during an FBI raid on Mr Cohen’s property earlier this...
(From The Washington Examiner) The House plans consider three major bills next week that aim to expand the use of health savings accounts. House leadership aims to pass the legislation before lawmakers leave for the monthlong August recess starting after...
(From RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty) Congressional aides say legislators are abandoning an effort to crack down on Chinese telecom giant ZTE, deferring to a White House deal to save the company despite accusations that it violated U.S. sanctions and sold sensitive technology to...
(From BBC News) People across Japan have been urged to take precautions against a heatwave that has killed about 30 people. Thousands more have sought hospital treatment for heat-related conditions over the past two weeks. Temperatures reached 40.7C (105F) in...
(From The Guardian) Facebook has suspended a social media analytics firm from accessing user data while it investigates potential violations of its policy barring surveillance. The firm, Crimson Hexagon, boasts an impressive list of blue chip clients and claims to...
(From ScienceDaily.com) Most people with spinal cord injury are paralyzed from the injury site down, even when the cord isn’t completely severed. Why don’t the spared portions of the spinal cord keep working? Researchers at Boston Children’s Hospital now provide...
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Airports, toll plazas, wherever there are bottlenecks Big Borther is there. He’s lots of other places too these days of course, but these are the most obvious places. How is one’s facial imprint not one’s “effects” in the current age?...
This is an excellent piece and it raises an interesting question without raising it explicitly. Are the “old media”, Democrats, and other partisans actually doing exactly what Putin (and say the Chinese) would want? Sure seems like it. (From Real...
